ON TRAIL OF THE HISTORY OF KUNAK - PART 2

PART 2: FROM THE CRADLE OF MANKIND

From where did the Tingkayu Man come?

 Commonly accepted archaeological theory tells that the ancestors of Man first walked the earth in South Africa about 100,000 years ago. The vast Sahara Desert prevented these early people to venture out of the cradle of mankind. 

However, as the population grew, sources especially food becoming scarcer, they have no other choice but to look somewhere else. In fear of the unknown that lay ahead, yet driven by the basic need of survival, they were forced to face the harsh desert. Countless must had fallen in their perilous journey.

Finally, 40,000 years ago and after 60,000 years of confinement in their cradle, a group of survivors arrived at the Mediterranean. There, they were further divided into four smaller groups; the first decided to stay at the Mediterranean, the second moved on north to Europe, the third travelled across central Asia and to the Americas and the fourth turned south to Afghanistan, Mongolia, China, South East Asia and finally, the Pacific.

Chronologically, it is just possible that the Tingkayu Man were the direct descendants of the fourth group of this first massive migration of mankind. Along the way, the number of these hunter-gatherers multiplied, broke up into several groups and went their separate ways. After 10,000 years, one group crossed the land bridges of Sundaland and arrived at Tingkayu in Kunak.